I usaly have five or six gallons in the house... but this is just a few days
worth of "drinking" watter. I used to be on a well driven ssistern and when
the well went dry (even under heavy conservation) we would go though five
hundred gallons a week... Hard to keep that much on hand..
On Wed, 26 Jan 2005, Siri Amrit Kaur wrote:
> On Wednesday 26 January 2005 07:18 am, Jeff Garland kindly wrote:
> >
> > Actually, I understood that the problem is that turbid water (full
> > of sediment) cuts the effectiveness of chlorine used to kill
> > bacteria in the water. But in any case, you might find these pages
> > interesting reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbidity
> > http://ga2.er.usgs.gov/bacteria/helpturbidity.cfm
>
> A few months ago I did a lot of reading about water filtration systems
> because I wanted to buy one for my house. The issue with turbidity is
> this:
> Municipal water systems use ultra-violet light to kill certain viruses
> and critters that are too small to get caught in filters, or immune
> to chlorine- things like cysts that chlorine can't touch. The UV
> damages the reproductive DNA of the virii. For the UV to be able to
> treat the water, the water has to be relatively clear and still, not
> chugging lots of dirt and bubbles. If there's a lot of turbidity or
> "cloudiness" in the water, the UV will miss microbes that are hiding
> in the shadows of the dirt.
>
> Some home filtration systems have UV but it usually isn't necessary
> for municipal water. It's a good idea for homes that use well water,
> though.
>
> I wonder how many people will treat this incident as a wake-up call to
> get purified bottled water and keep it on hand for emergencies. This
> is a desert! I'm amazed at the normally intelligent people who have
> 100% trust that they will always have water coming out of the tap and
> don't have any stored for emergencies. I have some gorilla shelves
> with many gallons of bottled water. Have always had several weeks
> worth of stored water on hand. I recommend it for everybody-
> especially people with children.
>
> Siri Amrit
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